Hi all,
This is Glen and I have just recently joined CAP so I can reply to this post as I got informed off someone I used to do some work for in the industry and who I speak to on a regular basis about this post so I thought I would reply to it and explain a few things.
First of all I am not Richard, Richard is someone that I came across a few years ago when I worked in the industry and about 4-5 months ago he contacted me as I still have something that he said was of interest to his clients and he asked me if it was ok for him to offer it to his clients and I said yes ok and we agreed a deal.
Anyway, when I first started out in the industry I used to work for a couple of media agencies for in total about 3-4 years where that is where most of you will probably know my name from. After those 3-4 years I decide to go into business with who I thought was a friend and not long after we started working together we did a substantial deal with a gambling company for some advertising and everything eas hunky dory until I went to check my emails the day after and my business partner (friend) had changed the password for the emails so I could not access them as well as also changed the bank details on the invoice to his fathers bank for the deal. The company involved still paid the invoice and he never put the advertising live for the client and then he disappeared with the cash that they paid so that not only left me with no profit off the deal but also having to pay back the amount that they paid out of my own pocket which left me chasing my tail from day 1. (I also still have all the paperwork including emails that went back and forth between my partner and the company concerned from that deal if anyone would like to see the proof).
I am not here pleading a sob story or asking for sympathy but just to let people know how things worked out.
One of the people that had an issue with me at the time was a guy called Martyn (can’t remember his surname) that used to work for Betfred at the time as he paid for a campaign which also never went live for the reason of having to pay back the other client. I didn’t explain to Martyn at the time which I now know I should of done but I was new to the business side of things and wasn’t sure what to do after losing out on a substantial amount of money and having to pay it back but obviously I went the wrong way about doing things.
After about 2 years or so after this happening and I was steadily getting back on my feet I contacted Martyn via messenger and he was no longer at Betfred and I offered to send him some players for the company he worked for and as well as that I also offered if he put me in contact with someone at Betfred and I offered to send them some players also for the money they paid previously but did not receive anything from. So I spoke to someone at Betfred and they seemed ok with the players I sent to them and I told them if they were not happy with them then comeback to me and I will deliver some more, I didn’t get any feedback so I presumed that they were happy with them. At first Martyn seemed happy with the idea and I explained why his campaign for Betfred never went live in the first place then all of a sudden he just blocked me on messenger and after a few attempts to try and contact him via email and messenger again I gave up.
I don’t do much in the industry anymore but all I can say is I must apologise to the few people who had an issue with me and the way I went about things and I will ask if you have ever had any problem with me in the past then please get in contact and I will deliver you some players. The offer is also still open to Martyn if he wants some players delivering even though he is not at Betfred anymore.
Also, as I mentioned above for all the people that have had an issue with me previously, if they do want to see the paperwork for when I got stung off a so called friend then I will be happy to provide it. As I said I am not here for sympathy and I am open to criticism and questions on this subject from those that had an issue with me in the past but please get in contact and we can discuss this and also get you the players for the money you paid previously.
Thanks.